How Tattoo Pricing Works

Most custom pricing starts with time. Size sets a baseline, complexity multiplies it, and placement decides how comfortably the work can be done in one sitting.

Detail density matters more than dimensions. A palm-sized realism portrait can take longer than a forearm piece of simple ornamental linework.

Colour usually adds time: more passes, more blending, more healing considerations between layers.

That is why the estimate you receive from the builder on this site is a range, not a price. It is calculated from the same rules the studio uses, and it is confirmed once the idea and references have been reviewed.